¢ MINUTES OF THE MARCH 1994 MEETING.¢ ==================================¢¢ NEW MEMBER:¢¢ PHILIP GREENHUT of Livingston¢ N.J. joined the club. He is also a¢ member of JACG. Welcome PHILIP! Join¢ our other friendly members and have¢ fun at the same time.¢¢ TO OUR EUROPEAN MEMBER/FRIENDS:¢¢ In the future you can pay your¢ dues, or purchase dsks in your local¢ currency and mail it in an envelope¢ to ALEX. We have a bank near us that¢ will exchange your currency into¢ American Dollars.¢¢ CORRESPONDENCE:¢¢ A postcard from OCTAVIAN GRECU¢ our member from Romania. He thanked¢ us for the disks that we mailed to¢ him and also for membership in the¢ OL' HACKERS.¢¢ HARDWARE NEWS FROM ENGLAND. This¢ information was taken off the MACHINE¢ BBS. From RICHARD GORE in England. He¢ is making a plugin memory upgrade¢ for the 600/800XL for 256KB that¢ plugs into the expansion port on the¢ back of the computer. It is supplied¢ with a printed manual and and a disk¢ full of software. The price is $85.00¢ including shipping. He also is¢ working on a battery back up unit to¢ the standard YORKIE unit. It has a¢ built in printer interface, VBI feed¢ through port for other peripherals.¢ No price was given for the YORKIE or¢ the battery back up. See, there are¢ still people working on our¢ computers. There is also a lot of¢ hardware beingdone in Germany for our¢ computer. We are NOT DEAD in the¢ water yet, not by a long shot!!¢ A letter was sent to DAVE EWENS¢ of TWAUG, England, STUART MURRAY of¢ NOSAUG Scotland, WOLFGANG BURGER of¢ ABBUC Germany, THOMAS ANDREWS of ACE¢ of Syracuse, ROWLAND GRANT of GARDEN¢ CITY ACE in B.C. in Canada and JEAN¢ BROKAW of the PACESETTER in Largo Fl.¢ by RON. He mailed them the new¢ "TREASURER'S REPORT" program for¢ their club treasurer. (See MAR/APR¢ 1994 OHAUG Newsletter). Again in line¢ with the idea of OHAUG spreading the¢ 8 BIT word! Thanks RON!¢ A letter from DANIEL CARRODANO¢ our member in France. He mailed us¢ his yearly dues in French currency¢ (This is O.K. as we found out we can¢ convert it). He sends his best¢ regards to all the OL' HACKERS.¢ A letter from NORMAN WILLIAMSON¢ our member in England. He thanked¢ ALEX for his letter and the disk we¢ mailed to him. He also mailed us¢ postcards from London. He is at the¢ moment putting programs on a disk for¢ the 1020 and 1029 printer which he¢ collected from various sources over¢ the years. He will mail it to us when¢ it is finished.¢ Another letter from NORMAN on¢ the 1st of March. He mailed us a¢ print out of the menu of the new disk¢ that he is working on. It is with¢ programs accompanied by music. Some¢ examples. A calendar program¢ accompanied by "AS TIME GOES BY"; a¢ dice roll game accompanied by "YOU¢ NEED HANDS"; fuel check for your car¢ accompanied by "YOU NEVER WALK ALONE"¢ etc. He is working on many more of¢ these programs. Sounds like a lot of¢ work (accompanied by 16 TONS - grin -¢ RON)¢ ALEX responded on Mar. 12. ALEX¢ said that letters from England arrive¢ faster then letters from local¢ members. We call it SNAIL MAIL¢ (grin). ALEX complimented NORMAN on¢ the new menu of the disk and on his¢ ability to create programs¢ accompanied by music.¢ A letter from JOE HICSWA our¢ member from N.J. and JACG. He thanked¢ us for replacing a post office¢ mangled disk. He mailed us an article¢ for the newsletter for working with¢ the 1st XLent Work Processor. He¢ tells us he has cabin fever with all¢ the snow we are getting. (Us too!)¢ A letter from BILL SMINKEY our¢ oldest (in age) member in California.¢ He tells us that he was in the¢ hospital for a heart attack. It hit¢ him at 4:00 in the morning and he was¢ transported by an emergency unit to¢ the hospital. He can now work the¢ computer for short periods of time.¢ ALEX replied and wished him a¢ speedy recovery. He said we computer¢ nerds are a hardy bunch! All the OL'¢ HACKERS send their best to BILL.¢ BILL wrote us again and advised¢ that he has to go into the hospital¢ for prostate surgery in April. ALEX¢ and all the OL' HACKERS wish him a¢ speedy recovery.¢¢ DEMOS:¢¢ ALEX showed the card game¢ "SEVEN". It has some of the greatest¢ card reproduced graphics andsound and¢ is a very addictive game. Also on¢ this disk is a game called NUCLEAR¢ SIM, and docs. Its library disk #449.¢ On side two we have several games¢ that are similar to "WHEEL OF¢ FORTUNE". There are 3 versions of the¢ game. The sound and the graphics are¢ very good. We played one game and¢ lost, of course.¢ HAROLD PEGLER dmo'ed the program¢ "SCREENS" It was written in 1986. It¢ is library #247. It has a 36 page doc¢ manual that comes on the disk edy for¢ printing. It is a great program for¢ showing graphics and also printing¢ it. You can mix text and graphics.¢ You can load different fonts, you can¢ superinpose one picture over another¢ picture. It is a very complete and¢ fully implemented program. It¢ certainly belongs in everybody's¢ library.¢ We also saw a KOALA-PICS disks¢ fully loaded. They are library disk¢ #327 to #345. These are NOT 62 sector¢ pictures. Each disk has a program on¢ it called "SEE-PIC" that lets you see¢ each picture on the disk. It is a¢ graphics file utility. You can also¢ print the pictures as hard copies in¢ gray scale on the printer with the¢ program. You have a lot of¢ flexability with this program¢ allowing you to manipulate the¢ pictures. It can print in GR. MODE¢ 7,8 and 9.¢ We also have a program in the¢ library called "KOALA SLIDE SHOW" The¢ library number is not known by me.¢ Write to HAROLD if you are¢ interested. It lets you load the¢ pictures into the RAM disk for quick¢ display. This is only for display.¢ This was another great demo by our¢ librarian HAROLD PEGLER.¢ Next we saw and heard digitized¢ music. On side two was the ATOMIT¢ game. It is a game where you have to¢ match up atoms so they interlock -¢ very tricky.¢ We saw the GERMAN SOUND MACHINE.¢ It is library #451. You can write¢ edit and play songs. On side two is¢ the AUTOPLAYER for the songs. There¢ are also songs on the disk. This is¢ for the budding "MOZART'S" among¢ you.¢ Next we saw the FUTURA DISK #11.¢ Jan/Feb 1994. It is library disk¢ #452.¢ On side one there is a lot of Text¢ and documentation and a terrific¢ program called "DISK UTILITY BASIC"¢ also completely documented.¢ Then we saw SLCC DISK #1203. It¢ is our library disk #453. It has a¢ text game called "ADVENTURE.BAS" and¢ docs. Also a GEM interface.¢ DRAGON.BAS an adventure puzzle for¢ use with a joystick. Next we saw the¢ game CGM. It also has docs. It¢ consists of several files on the¢ disk. It is a GR. 0 interface¢ manager. It creates different windows¢ with USR commands. Side two is a DEMO¢ (with a little paprika, (grin) from¢ Hungary called "VERONIKA" - quite¢ impressive what my "lansmen" are¢ doing. It is a whole side in 1050¢ density. The sound and the graphics¢ are outstanding. A whole side of¢ DEMOS.¢ We saw a PAGE 6 disk with 2 or 3¢ PINBALL games and demos. It is¢ library #72-6. It also had some music¢ on it. On side two is WORD SEARCH¢ SOLVER. You can O.D. on puzzles with¢ this disk. It finds the words in the¢ puzzles. You now can get a disk to¢ create the word search puzzles and a¢ disk to solve the word search¢ puzzles. You now have nothing to do¢ anymore. The computer will do it all.¢ My computer is already addicted to¢ this and has a crosshatch pattern¢ etched in the screen (grin).¢ (Editor: Oh yeah? Well my computer is¢ so smart that when it makes a mistake¢ it blames it on another computer!¢ (grin)¢ We saw FUN DOS made by our own¢ JOHN HARDIE of OHAUG. When you run¢ the DOS and you will see some pretty¢ amusing situations develop. This is a¢ good disk to get to start a meeting.¢ This is our library disk #454.¢ Next we saw ABBUC DISK #35 from¢ Germany. Another fantastic disk but¢ you must read German - ja, Verstehs¢ du das? Many of the programs overscan¢ on the monitor because of the PAL¢ system in use in Europe. Library¢ #456.¢ RON (yours truely) did a demo on¢ BASIC VIEW. This program only works¢ with ATARI BASIC. If you program with¢ ATARI BASIC this is a great program¢ for you to get. It is a programming¢ utility. It requires a joystick to¢ operate. You load it with DOS OPTION¢ L -->LDVIEW. Afterwards you are in¢ BASIC and load the program that you¢ are working on in the normal way.¢ Then you type in "VIEW" and the BASIC¢ VIEW will list the program in its¢ window. You can scroll forward and¢ backwards, you can examine all the¢ variables you can insert new values¢ for the variables. You can see the¢ program executing line by line as it¢ is executing by pressing "OPTION".¢ This is a toggle and you can go back¢ and forth. You can examine memory¢ locations. It is a very complete¢ debugging utility that does almost¢ everything you need to correct your¢ program. It is especially good for¢ beginning and intermediate¢ programmers. It is fully documented.¢ It is library disk #457.¢ We saw TextPro VERSION 4.54.¢ This is the latest fully implemented¢ version. Version 5.0 is a Beta test¢ version only and has no full docs¢ with it. TP4.54 has a quick keystroke¢ menu on it that is very helpful. It¢ lets you get started very quickly¢ without reading a bible full of docs.¢ On side two are the docs and a couple¢ of games and also some graphic¢ pictures. Library #458.¢ Next we saw a DOS 2.0 which¢ loads as a DOUBLE DENSITY DISK!!!.¢ Library # 459. It is called ATARI¢ DOUBLE DOS 2A-M. Plus. On this disk¢ there are a whole lot of utilities,¢ over 30 I think. With this DOS you¢ also get a 255 Sector RAM disk on a¢ 130XE.¢¢ DAS IST ALLES!!!¢¢ Written by RON FETZER.¢¢ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢¢
